Yabuki Kentarou

Name In Native Language: 矢吹健太朗

Birthdate: February 4, 1980

Yabuki Kentarou is a Japanese manga artist, best known for his series Black Cat (2000–2004) and for illustrating To Love Ru (2006–2009) and To Love Ru Darkness (2010–2017) alongside author Saki Hasemi. Currently, Yabuki writes and illustrates the series Ayakashi Triangle (2020–present). His mentor was Takeshi Obata, the illustrator of Hikaru no Go, Death Note and Bakuman.

Yabuki said he was born in Okayama but "formed [his] personality" in Kōchi. In August 2015, Yabuki announced in the September 2015 issue of Jump SQ. that he had gotten married. He is the brother-in-law of fellow manga artist Kenta Shinohara.